Place of birth Minas Gerais, Brazil Number 16 Role Footballer Education Brescia University | Current team Vilavelhense FC Name Lazaro DeOliveira Height 1.73 m Position Defender, Midfielder | |
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Full name Lazaro Venturine DeOliveira Date of birth (1990-11-25) November 25, 1990 (age 25) Playing position | ||
Lazaro Venturine DeOliveira (born 25 November 1990), is a Brazilian footballer who currently plays for Vilavelhense FC. He also holds Italian citizenship, which makes him eligible as an EU player. He made his first appearance playing in Brazil in 2008, 6 months after he received a scholarship from Brescia University and moved to USA.
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Esporte Clube Tupy (Brazil) / Brescia University (USA)
Lazaro was born in Minas Gerais. In 2005, when he was fifteen he joined EC Tupy, where he stayed for 3 years playing for the U15 to U20 team, and at the age of 17 he joined the professional squad. After playing 8 games with the EC Tupy pro squad he decided to try to play College Football in USA. He went to a football showcase for college sports hosted in Florida, where he played 6 games in Miami and Daytona Beach. After the showcase was over, he received a scholarship from Lindenwood University, Brescia University, Missouri Valley College, Hannibal Lagrange College and 9 other colleges. He decided to go to Brescia University in Kentucky, and in August 2008 Lazaro joined the university's soccer team, the Brescia Bearcats and moved to the United States of America.
Angel City FC (USA)
In 2009 Lazaro moved to Los Angeles, California, and in August he met Ben Kull, the manager of a local team called Angel City FC. He stayed with ACFC for 15 months. During that time he also played for teams like Hollywood United Hitmen and Los Angeles Bolts. Recovering from a knee injury, Lazaro had a hard time finding his way into the professional leagues in USA. In the end of 2009 he played for the Los Angeles Bolts, known today as Anaheim Bolts, in a tournament in San Diego, hosted at the San Diego Sockers stadium.
Returning to ACFC, Lazaro played in tournaments like the Santa Monica Soccer League and ACSL. In June 2010 he went to San Diego with ACFC for the Kick for the Cure tournament, and the team came in second place after losing the final on penalty kicks. in November 2010, Lazaro said goodbye to ACFC and returned to Brazil.
FC Assyriska / FC Sodra Ryd (Sweden)
On his way to receive a European Passport and becoming an EU player, Lazaro went to Sweden to try out for a few teams. He played for FC Assyriska in Orebro and then moved to Skovde to play for FC Sodra Ryd where he remained until the end of 2012.
Nomme Kalju (Estonia) (Finland)
In the Beginning of 2012 Lazaro went to Italy to receive his Italian Passport. He then headed to Estonia where he met the Brazilian coach Getulio Fredo of Nomme Kalju. Not yet to recovered from injury, he played a few games with Kalju before going to Finland with football agent and former Finland major league player Kiko Balestrin.
In Finland he started treatment to recover from his injury. While still there, he also trained with teams like Atlantis FC and EIF Ekenas.
Vilavelhense FC (Brazil)
Having recovered from his injury, Lazaro couldn't go back in time because the transfer window was already closed. He started training with VilaVelhense FC when he caught the attention of the Head Coach Zinho, after a few days of training, he signed a 6 months contract with the Brazilian team.